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False Pretenses

2004
Directed byJason Hreno
1h 26m

Falling victim to a glib con artist named Michael (Stewart Bick), Texas housewife Diane (Peta Wilson) loses all her money, a disaster that drives her husband Randal (Anthony Lemke) to suicide. Unable to get justice through the official channels, Diane mounts her own plan of revenge. This involves assuming a new identity, trading in her blonde tresses for a redheaded "do", moving to a small town, and systematically seducing the man who ruined her life. One of six "no frills" TV movies produced in Canada for the Lifetime cable network at a flat cost of 2 million each,

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Peta WilsonDianne / Dee Dee MartinStewart BickMitchell Thomson
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Melanie Nicholls-KingCerise
Conrad PlaNando
Francis X. McCarthyChasen Boggs
Anthony LemkeRandal Ackers
David GowNorm
Jennifer MorehousePaige Segal
Brian D. WrightFred The Manager
Miranda HandfordLaura
DETAILS
GENRES
TV MovieThrillerDrama
STATUSReleased
RATING
6.0

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